Supreme Tent of the Knights of Maccabees of the World v. King
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a certificate of a beneficiary society. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Faklin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
The appellee became a member of the appellant order January 12,1893, and received a certificate as such, in which it is recited in substance, that his legal beneficiary, Elizabeth King, his wife, will, on satisfactory proof of his death, be entitled to receive one assessment on the membership, not to exceed in amount the sum of $1,000, provided appellee shall have complied with the laws, etc., of the order governing members and' beneficiaries. The concluding part of the certificate is as follows:
“ In case of permanent and total disability, or upon attaining the age of seventy years, he will…
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